“I Don’t See The Rakyat Suffer, I Only Saw Traffic Jams”: BN MP Argues GST Enriched Malaysians Instead Of Being A Burden

Pointing out worsening traffic congestion in Malaysia, as well as increased Malaysian travellers and Hijrah pilgrims, a Malaysian minister claimed the GST enriched Malaysians instead of burdening them.

Pointing out worsening traffic congestion in Malaysia, as well as increased Malaysian travellers and Hijrah pilgrims, a Malaysian minister claimed the GST enriched Malaysians instead of burdening them.

“You said the rakyat is suffering, but I see more and more cars on the road every day. In the airport – not KLIA, just Terengganu’s airport – over 40,000 Muslims travelled to perform their haj this year alone. No matter how bad it is, people are travelling to Indonesia and Vietnam for holidays”

He further claimed that the opposition is just twisting facts saying that GST is putting a burden to Malaysians, dismissing it as a lie and baseless accusation.

This year, the government had suggested Malaysians take up a second job as an UBER driver to help reduce financial burden

What he forgot to mention is that Malaysians have no choice but to own their own vehicles because our public transportation is so bad we might as well walk. Also, I still cannot fathom how making things more expensive is going to make us richer – especially when the government is moving to cut spending (subsidies, scholarships etc) but increase taxes?